Published August 15, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Scaling behavior of deposition models with limited downward mobility

  • 1. Ames Lab., IA (United States)
  • 2. Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames, IA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  • 3. Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames, IA (United States). Dept. of Mathematics

Description

We have studied the interface-width scaling behavior of deposition models in which limited downward mobility is introduced. In all the models studied here, there is a maximum allowed slope for the interface at which the growth velocity is zero. The Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation is resummed in order to show explicitly this slope constraint, but still incorporates parameters λ measuring the slope dependence of the growth velocity, ν measuring the surface tension, and D measuring the noise amplitude. Increasing mobility naturally smooths the interface, and is associated with a decrease in the magnitude of λeff=λD1/2/ν3/2. A detailed study of a bridge-site deposition model, with one hop of probability p, shows that |λ| increases with p. From an independent assessment of noise-amplitude behavior, we can conclude that ν must also increase with p to ensure the required λeff behavior. Direct determination of ν via the Wolf-Tang procedure of imposing inhomogeneity on some length scale L supports this conclusion. (However ν depends on the inhomogeneity strength, which should be chosen small, and on L.) We comment on anticipated behavior of similar limited-mobility models in d≥2 dimensions, and compare with behavior of limited-mobility ballistic deposition and noise-reduced deposition models

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, A
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Rev., A.
Journal Page Range
2335-2344
ISSN
0556-2791
CODEN
PLRAA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22086852
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
ADSORPTION; ATOM TRANSPORT; DEPOSITION; INTERFACES; MIGRATION LENGTH; SCALING LAWS; STATISTICAL MODELS; SURFACES; THIN FILMS
Descriptors DEC
FILMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; RADIATION TRANSPORT